Latin from Zero Samuel Johnson Statute

Latin from Zero: By Digital Monastery · Oct 1, 2026 · 8m · transcript

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SAMUELI . JOHNSON

GRAMMATICO . ET . CRITICO

SCRIPTORUM . ANGLICORUM

LITTERATE . PERITO

POETAE

LUMINIBUS . SENTENTIARUM

ET . PONDERIBUS . VERBORUM

ADMIRABILI

MAGISTRO . VIRTUTIS . GRAVISSIMO

HOMINI . OPTIMO . ET

SINGULARIS . EXEMPLI

QUI . VIXIT . ANN . LXXV

MENS . III . DIEB . XIII

DECESSIT . IDIB . DECEMBR

ANN . CHRIST . CIƆ . IƆCC . LXXXIIII

SEPULT . IN . AED .

SANCT . PETR .

WESTMONASTERIENS .

XIII . KAL . IANVAR

ANN . CHRIST . CIƆ . IƆCC . LXXXV

AMICI . ET . SODALES

LITTERARII

PECUNIA . CONLATA

H . M . FACIUND . CURAVAR .

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